[Foundation-l] New project proposal: Wikineur

[David Gerard]

Robin Shannon (robin.shannon at gmail.com) [050130 16:16]:

> Imagine creating and distributing information on drought proofing
> small farms, to help small hold farmers; bicycle repair information,
> to give someone the gift of transport, or even start up a small
> buisness repairing other peoples bycycles. Imagine, providing
> information on how to make soap out of simple ingredients, or on
> creating an irigation system. There is a massive information divide
> between the 'north' and 'south', bridging this divide sounds like its
> with in our mission.


This is all Wikibooks material.


> I'm not saying that this will solve all the
> worlds problems, but surely it might help some people. There are
> charities like Oxfam, who provide micro loans to start up small
> buisnesses, what if we could provide (pertinent information) with that
> loan, so that there is a better chance of the buisness works. Just
> imagine it. Maybe we dont have the ability to do this, but maybe just
> maybe we do....


That's Wikibooks material too, really. This sounds like a project on
Wikibooks - more or less writing textbooks. Is there more to it than that?


- d.